"Some people's joints articulate in a manner that allows them to benefit greatly from squats; others may not benefit at all. If you're not too tall and have short limbs, it may be the best exercise for you, but if you're tall with long legs, it might be both ineffective and dangerous.I was stubbornly faithful to squats for years until I finally realized they were not well-suited for my body structure. After I switched tomore muscle-intensive movements, my gains in leg size were astounding"
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The subtext is classic Yates: disciplined, unsentimental, and allergic to performative suffering. “Stubbornly faithful” reads like a confession, but it’s also a warning about identity. Many people keep squatting not because it works, but because quitting feels like failing. By naming body structure - height, limb length, leverage - he gives permission to opt out without losing status, replacing bro-code with biomechanics.
Context matters: Yates rose in an era that prized brutal intensity and absolutes, and he built a career on being ruthlessly pragmatic about what produces hypertrophy. When he says he switched to “more muscle-intensive movements,” he’s implicitly separating two goals lifters conflate: displaying strength in a standardized lift versus actually growing the target muscles. The punchline is the cultural pivot: effectiveness isn’t what looks hardcore; it’s what your body can load safely, consistently, and progressively. In a space addicted to commandments, he’s arguing for diagnostics.
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Yates, Dorian. (2026, January 15). Some people's joints articulate in a manner that allows them to benefit greatly from squats; others may not benefit at all. If you're not too tall and have short limbs, it may be the best exercise for you, but if you're tall with long legs, it might be both ineffective and dangerous.I was stubbornly faithful to squats for years until I finally realized they were not well-suited for my body structure. After I switched tomore muscle-intensive movements, my gains in leg size were astounding. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/some-peoples-joints-articulate-in-a-manner-that-172959/
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Yates, Dorian. "Some people's joints articulate in a manner that allows them to benefit greatly from squats; others may not benefit at all. If you're not too tall and have short limbs, it may be the best exercise for you, but if you're tall with long legs, it might be both ineffective and dangerous.I was stubbornly faithful to squats for years until I finally realized they were not well-suited for my body structure. After I switched tomore muscle-intensive movements, my gains in leg size were astounding." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/some-peoples-joints-articulate-in-a-manner-that-172959/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"Some people's joints articulate in a manner that allows them to benefit greatly from squats; others may not benefit at all. If you're not too tall and have short limbs, it may be the best exercise for you, but if you're tall with long legs, it might be both ineffective and dangerous.I was stubbornly faithful to squats for years until I finally realized they were not well-suited for my body structure. After I switched tomore muscle-intensive movements, my gains in leg size were astounding." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/some-peoples-joints-articulate-in-a-manner-that-172959/. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
